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CBS News on Twitter: "ONLY IN AMERICA: For some of the young people in Borderline Bar & Grill last night, this is the second mass shooting they've survived – in a little over a year.

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Fiona Adorno on Twitter: "Mass Shooting at #Borderline bar and grill in Thousand Oaks in Ventura County. Cue useless tweets from Government officials who could actually effect change in #GunControl...

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Mother of shooting victim wants gun control

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Borderline Bar attack is the worst mass shooting U.S. has seen in 12 days – ThinkProgress

Some of those inside the bar were survivors of the Las Vegas mass shooting last year, friends claim.

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Bishop Talbert Swan on Twitter: "Law-enforcement officials identified the #BorderlineBar shooter as 28-year-old former marine and white identity extremist, Ian David Long. Already the media narrati...

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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Asks Florida To End Racist Hair Policies At Schools

After a HuffPost investigation, the racial justice organization has asked Florida to take action against schools that ban dreadlocks, Afros and braids.

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Cop found guilty in Laquan McDonald case - CNN Video

A Cook County jury found Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder for the shooting and killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. Van Dyke was also found guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery and was found not guilty of official misconduct.

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WATCH: Officer Pepper Sprays Boy, Kicks Him in the Back as He Wipes His Eyes

The parents of a boy who was seen getting pepper sprayed and then kicked in the back by a massive cop in a viral video are calling for justice for their son.

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The Atlantic — Inside the trauma of family separation

"They took the photo right before they separated us. He was grabbing my clothes and saying, 'Mommy, I don't want them to separate us!' "Then they just took him." — Anita A new documentary fro

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Police use Taser on 87-year-old woman cutting dandelions with a knife

An 87-year-old grandmother was using a knife to cut dandelions in the woods near her rural Georgia home Friday, when she was brought to the ground by a police officer's Taser and arrested, according a police report obtained by CNN.

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El Salvadoran immigrant mom sues US to be reunited with baby who needs to breastfeed - CNNPolitics

Weeks after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring families separated at the border back together, an El Salvadoran woman has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington asking to be reunited with her infant daughter who needs to be breastfed.

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Mountain View Safeway Calls 911 On Black Woman Giving Food To Homeless

Safeway workers called 911 on an African American woman bringing food to a homeless man because police said they thought she was shoplifting. Maria Medin

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Cop Fired in Miami for Kicking Pregnant Black Woman in the Stomach Forcing Her to Go Into Premature Labor

Ambar Pacheco loses her job for attacking a pregnant woman.

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Detroit police officer suspended after video shows him repeatedly punching woman in a hospital

Detroit police chief has called the video "very disturbing" and said a criminal investigation has been launched into the officer's use of force.

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Report: Records show scores of allegations of sexual misconduct at shelters for immigrant kids

Police have responded to at least 125 calls in the past five years alleging sex offenses at shelters that house immigrant children, ProPublica reported Friday. The investigative non-profit said police reports and call logs also document allegations of fights and missing children.

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Black Man Killed at Family Reunion in Park Was Hate Crime Victim, Says Relatives

"We all believe it was a hate crime," said Frederick Taft's daughter.

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Migrant Parents Forced to Sign Papers They Didn’t Understand: Court Filing

Desperate to see their children, parents are consenting to terms they do not understand "under enormous amounts of stress and confusion."

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